Over time, their family home became a prison for her. She can travel to the capital only on holidays and is not allowed to talk to the press. Lukashenko has two sons with Galina—Viktor and Dmitry.

Lukashenko, then 39 ... and lifelong support for himself and his family, should he retire. “To an extent, he became a hostage of the system that he himself created,” Karbalevich said.

Belarusian mountaneers Konstantin and Anastasia Lapko have climbed the highest volcano on the planet: Ojos del Salado. On February 6th, ...

Belarusian authorities have released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media outlet and ...

President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the law On Amendments to the Codes on Criminal Liability, which ...

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.

Rubio's statement came following waves of prisoner releases by Lukashenko, often dubbed "Europe's last dictator." Belarus' oldest rights group, Viasna, says that over 1,250 people remain in ...

In the current difficult conditions, Minsk remains fully committed to developing friendly relations with Belgrade in many ...

Belarus held an orchestrated election over the weekend that the opposition and the EU rejected as a farce, extending authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko's more than three decades in power.

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

In accordance with the document, the punishment for 97 categories of offenses has been revised. Of these, 65 categories of offenses have been supplemented with alternative punishment, more lenient ...